Improvement in corn-busking machines



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E. H. CARVER. 001m HUSKING MACHINE.

N0.103,561. Patented May 31, 1870.

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E. H. CARVER. 001m HUSKING MAGHINF.

No. 103,561. Patented May 3-1, 1870.

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ERASTUS II. CARVER, OE PREBLE', NEW YORK.

Letters Patent No. 163,561, dated May 31, 1.870.

" IMPROVEMENT IN cORH-HUSKING- MACHINES.

The Schedule referred to in then Letters Patent and making put ottheumeI, ERASTUS H. OARVER,.0f Preble, in .the county of Cortland and. Stateof New York, have invented an Improved-Gorn-Husking Machine, of whichthe in their normal position.

Figure II is a plan. Figure III is a sectional side elevation, representing the parts in a changed position.

Figure IV is a plan of the bed-plateon which the.

ear to be husked is placed.

Like letters designate like parts in each of the fignres.

A represents a table, supported on legs in any suitable manner, andforming the frame of. the machine.

0 is a bent orreturn-lever, having its fulcrum at the bend, which isformed by casting gudgeons or pivot-pins with the lever, and fittingthem .in pillowblocks B B, or other suitable'bearings, secured to thetable A, the lever passing through the bed of the table, with the longarm 0 projecting from the under side, while the short arm 0. extendsabove the table in the same direction as the long arm, so as to move upand down with the latter.

The short arm 0 is armed at its end with sharp flattened teeth, (I d,(preferably three in number,) which project'verticallydownward, asclearly shown'.

E is a bed piate, (preferably of cast-iron,) arranged under the teeth(I, and secured to the table by bolts and screws, in any suitablemanner.

This bed-plate is formed with a slot, 0, in line of the teeth .d, which,in their descent, as the lever is operated, pass down through. the same,and. into a corresponding slot formed in the table.

The edge of the slots on one side is raised, forming a'ledge, 0, whilethe opposite side is formed with a curved depression or recess, e, whichextends to the edge of the bed, as shown in Figs. II and IV.

F is a reacting spring, extending upward from the table at the rear endof the lever C, and connecting at its top, by a cord or chain, f, withthe short arm thereof, which spring operates to elevate, or to assist inelevating, or in bringing back to its original position, the said shortarm after it has been depressed in hnsking an ear, as will presently beexplained.

G is a short lever, pivoted near the corner of the table, so-as tovibrate in a vertical slot opposite to and running parallel with that inthe bed-plate.

To the front or outcr'end of this lever is hinged a link or slottedstirrup, H in which plays a. pin, 6, pro jecting therein from the longarm of lever 0.

J .is a seat, connected to the under side of the to;- hle by means of ahook, k, which enables the position of the seat to be varied as occasionmay require.

The mode of operating my machine, constructed as above described, is asfollows:

The operator sits astride of the bench J, facing the machine, with thecorn to be husked, arranged on his right, and the machine in theposition shown in Fig- I, while the sliort arm and its teeth areelevated above theslotted bed beneath. The operator, with his righthand,takes hold of a stalk just below the ear, and, bringing the same infront, places the ear in the concave recess e of the bed-plate, anddraws the ear t ward the righttill the butt of the ear is brought incontact with, and is'arrested by the shoulder e, which brings the pointwhere thefear should be severed.

.from the stalk directly under the teeth (I. The lever is now pressedsuddenly downward with the left hand, which causes the. teeth todescend, penetrating the stem, during which movement the pin 2 slidesdown the slot in the stirrup H till it reaches the lower end thereof,which it does before the lever has completed its movement, whent-he'continu'ed depression of the lever depresses also the outer end oflever G, causing the inner arm, which is preferably serrated, as shown,to rise, and force upward the ear, whilethe teeth and arm are completingtheirdownward movement,which operation of the lever G'insures thecomplete severance of the ear, and, at the same time, loosens it fromthe husks, which are still attached to the stalk, and held by the armand teeth 0 (l, the teeth in their de- The advantages'of my improvedmachine are, its

durability and simplicity of construction, its easy mode of operation,and the'facillty and dispatch with which it accomplishes its work.

Vhat I claimas my invention is- I 1. The arrangement of the bent orreturn-lever '0 with the table A, reacting spring F, teeth'd, and bed E,substantially as and for the purpose hereinbefore set forth.

2. The-combination of the lever G with the-lever O and bed E, arrangedand operating as hereinbefore set fO Ith.

3. The link or slotted stirrup H, pine, and levers O G, arranged andoperating as hereinbefore set forth E. H. CARVER.

Witnesses JAY HYATT, -Jso. J. Bosnia.

